Ghost Hunting in Union

The only living creatures in the McReavy house appear to be the numerous spiders — including this massive specimen found living between the front door and the plywood nailed outside to keep intruders out.

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Time waits for no one — and no structure — as ivy has found its way through a loose fitting basement window and grows inside the McReavy house.

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Spiritual medium Dave Raddatz of Olympia “channels” one of the spirits in the McReavy house during a haunting investigation. The blurred motion of his head is created due to the low level of available light (only two dim spots were on — one behind his chair and the other coming from a video camera to the left) leading to a long exposure time. Here the investigators ask questions of Mary, a 9-year-old, who hints of her drowning while swimming in the Hood Canal waters around 1890.

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A box of turn-of-the-century push pins serves as mute testament to a different era.

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A page from the March 1894 Good Housekeeping magazine was found on the floor of the basement — attesting to another time and another life when the house was only a decade old.

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Mirrors are some of the only pieces of furniture left in the home as the local historical society has been working to bring the home back to the splendor it had at the turn of the last century.

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The stairs (22 of them) come off the main entry, a door that at one time let in a colorful array of light as afternoon sun would stream through the colored panes of glass on and around the front door.

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The interior hinges and doorknobs feature ornate hand-carved workings. It is known that the home’s original builder and owner — John McReavy — was a lifelong Mason.

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A weathered armchair served as the spot in the main parlor for the medium to channel the spirits. Their conversations with the guests were recorded on both video and audio devices.

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A marble table served as a vanity stand in one of the bathrooms. The bathroom were obviously retrofitted with indoor plumbing as the original construction date of the home precluded such a convenience.